Wood-exhibiting card



(mmel') H, BROOKS & W. B- REED- WOOD EXHIBITING CARD.

Patented May 20, 1884;

III-IVE @q? E? v 7? miner nnooxs, or WEST MEDFORD,

Parent One da AND WILLIAM E. REED, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

WOOD-EXHIBITING CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,052, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed October 12, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY BROOKS, of West Medford, county of Middlesex,and XVILLIAM E. REED, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in lVood-Exhibiting Cards,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This inventionrelates to exhibiting or show cards adapted to be put upin book form or otherwise, as may be desired, and designed to hold woodor other veneers, said veneers beprotected or covered with a glazedcovering.

The object of our invention is to permit veneers to be examined as tograin or fiber, to prevent warping thereof, and to cover and protect theveneers from dust, moisture, &c.

To these ends our invention consists in the ,woodexhibiting card ordevice hereinafter particularly set-forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of our improvedcard partially broken out, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section there ofenlarged as to thickness.

Referring to the drawings, A marks the card, having openings of anysuitable size and con- 0 figuration, in which are held the veneers B, ofthe same or dii'terent wood, and cut with or across the grain, so thatby means of our invention those interested in the study of wood may seeand examine the grain of any variety 3 5 of wood. These veneers arecovered and protected by a glazed substance, 0, such as isinglass,gelatine,or glass 5 but we prefer to usea transparent covering of mica,because of its greater flexibility and capability of resisting both heatand cold and moisture. Besides 4o permitting an examination of the grainand fiber of the veneers, the covering referred to prevents warpingthereof, and protects said veneers from dust, moisture, &c. The coveringsubstance 0 will preferably be so ap- 5 plied as to serve to hold theveneers in place.

It will also be noticed that the veneers are kept smooth and flat whenso retained in the cards, and by holding the card between the light andthe eye the character of the grain of 0 the wood can be observed andstudied or compared or contrasted with the grain of other veneers.

\Veare aware that it is not new to glue or otherwise secure wood veneersto cards for 5 5 the purpose of examination and exhibition, and we donot lay any claim thereto.

o claim A wood-exhibiting card having an opening therethrough, in whichis held a veneer of (:0 wood covered on both sides by a glazed covering,whereby the wood is protected, and the grain of the wood can be"examined when held between the light and the eye, substantially as setforth. 1

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY BROOKS. WM. E. REED.

Vitnessesi G. W. GREGORY, B. J. NoYEs.

